Floyd Lacina
Floyd Lacina
February 13, 1911 – December 31, 2010
Visitation: 12:00 noon to 8:00 p.m. and with the family present from 6:00 to 8:00 Tuesday evening January 04, 2011 at Smith Funeral Home, Grinnell
Funeral Service: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday January 05, 2011 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Grinnell
Interment: following funeral mass January 05, 2011 at Hazelwood Cemetery, Grinnell
Floyd K. Lacina, 99, of Grinnell died December 31, 2010, at his home. A funeral Mass has been scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, January 5, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Grinnell with Rev. Nick Adam and Rev. Mr. Bill Olson officiating. Organist will be Marilyn Kriegel. Pallbearers will be Jake, Jim and Steve Harris, Joe and Merideth Lacina, Eric Pederson, and Sean Piesinger. Honorary bearers will be Allen Latcham, Don Pederson, Richard Shaw, and Larry and Scott Wilson. Burial will be in Hazelwood Cemetery in Grinnell. A vigil service will be held at 6:00 p.m. Tuesday at the Smith Funeral Home in Grinnell. Visitation will be held from 12:00 noon to 8:00 p.m. Tuesday at the Smith Funeral Home, where the family will be present from 6:00 to 8:00 Tuesday evening. Memorial contributions may be directed to St. Francis Manor or St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Grinnell.
Floyd was born February 13, 1911, on the family farm in Tama County, the son of Joseph William and Julia Krepela Lacina. He was raised on the farm and was a 1929 graduate of Gilman High School and valedictorian.
On June 15, 1936, he was united in marriage to Helen Margaret Balloun in Chelsea, Iowa. The couple farmed north of Grinnell for many years and moved into Grinnell in 1986. They later moved to Seeland Park in 1993.
Floyd was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church and a Charter Member of Chester Royal Grange. He was a 50 year member of the Knights of Columbus. He enjoyed reading, woodworking, fishing, good humor and cooking treats for and visiting with his many friends.
Survivors include three children, Ruth (Greg) Piesinger of Phoenix, Arizona, Sam (Patty) Lacina of Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Tom (Alesia) Lacina of Grinnell; six grandchildren, Sean Piesinger, Gretchen Sisti, Loralei Thornburg, and Bethany, Merideth and Joseph Lacina; and four great-grandchildren, Wolf and Skylar Sisti and Julianna and Nathan Thornburg. He is preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Helen; one son, Kenneth Lacina; one grandson, Jonathan Lacina; and his sister, Madelyn Harris and brother, Wallace Winfield, who died in infancy.
